@Hawkerpaul 

Here is how to configure fixed IP address with Deco: How to configure Address Reservation with Deco

  @Alexandre. 

Thanks for the reply.

The reason my pc wouldn't connect when plugging in the ethernet cable was because it had a fixed IP of 192.168.1.xxx. changing it to a dynamic IP meant it went over to a 192.168.68.xxx address (which I discovered later) so the ethernet/fixed ip problem was a bit of a red herring.

I'm surprised that the deco setup has defaulted to this non standard IP range, as this caused me quite a few problems with my existing devices. Eg. My NAS drive was fixed, which meant I couldnt even log into it to change it's IP address as it was on a different ip leg of the network so I had to unplug it and move it to my pc to plug it directly into my network card in order to change it over to a dynamic IP address.

If the deco defaulted to 192.168.1.1 on initial setup with a client IP range of 192.168.1.xxx then I wouldn't have got any problems, so I find this a very strange default indeed.

  @Hawkerpaul 

You must have had a Router before you bought Deco. What did you do with it: have you replaced it with Deco or have you just connected Main Deco to your old Router?

If you tell me this, I may be able to give you recommendations for network configuration.

  @Alexandre. 

Yes my old router was 191.168.1.1 like every other router I have ever used before.

I disconnected my old router and replaced it with the deco, and went through its setup which for some reason defaulted to 192.168.68.1

So the deco has never been on my network with another router

  @Hawkerpaul 

My Hitron ISP Router came with 192.168.0.* IP range and is reachable by 192.168.0.1.

If Deco is your network router now, you will have to redo your home network configuration. The fact is, Deco will ignore static IP addresses set on devices. Because of that, you may find IP address conflicts eventually.

You will need to change your NAS and PC and so on static IP addresses to dynamic IPs and go through Deco IP Address Reservation process I shared with you. That may be annoying, but it is one time setup.

  @Alexandre. 

I've changed all my fixed IP devices to dynamic now anyway, so I'll just have to get used to them all being on .68 and not .1 as I can't be bothered changing the deco ip range to .1 now that it all seems to be working.

Just seems strange to me that it defaulted to this .68 IP range.

Thanks